Europe Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Major cities and urban areas=== {{further|List of European cities by population within city limits}} The three largest [[List of urban areas in Europe|urban areas of Europe]] are [[Moscow]], [[London]] and [[Paris]]. All have over 10 million residents,<ref name="UN WUP 2016">{{cite web|title=The World's Cities in 2016|url=http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2016_data_booklet.pdf|publisher=[[United Nations]]|page=11|date=2016|access-date=30 July 2022|archive-date=1 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001173328/http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/publications/pdf/urbanization/the_worlds_cities_in_2016_data_booklet.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> and as such have been described as [[megacity|megacities]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Istanbul one of four anchor megacities of Europe: Research|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-one-of-four-anchor-megacities-of-europe-research--92496|work=Hürriyet Daily News|date=14 December 2015|language=en|access-date=30 July 2022|archive-date=19 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319194120/https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/istanbul-one-of-four-anchor-megacities-of-europe-research--92496|url-status=live}}</ref> While [[Istanbul]] has the highest total city population, it lies partly in [[Asia]]. 64.9% of the residents live on the European side and 35.1% on the Asian side. The next largest cities in order of population are [[Madrid]], [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Milan]], [[Barcelona]], [[Berlin]], and [[Rome]] each having over three million residents.<ref name="UN WUP 2016" /> When considering the commuter belts or [[List of metropolitan areas in Europe|metropolitan areas within Europe]] (for which comparable data is available), Moscow covers the largest population, followed in order by Istanbul, London, Paris, Madrid, Milan, Ruhr Area, Saint Petersburg, Rhein-Süd, Barcelona and Berlin.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Major Agglomerations of the World – Population Statistics and Maps|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/world/agglomerations/|access-date=10 September 2020|website=www.citypopulation.de|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140057/https://www.citypopulation.de/world/Agglomerations.html|url-status=live}}</ref> {{multiple image | align = center | direction = square | caption_align = center | header = European [[Megacity|megacities]] | header_align = left/right/center | image1 = Business Centre of Moscow 2.jpg | width1 = 200 | alt1 = Moscow International Business Center | caption1 = [[Moscow]] | image2 = Super moon over City of London from Tate Modern 2018-01-31 4.jpg | alt2 = City of London | width2 = 237 | caption2 = [[London]] | image3 = GrandeArche.jpg | alt3 = | width3 = 230 | caption3 = [[Paris]] | image4 = View of Levent financial district from Istanbul Sapphire.jpg | alt4 = Levent | width4 = 189 | caption4 = [[Istanbul]]{{ref label|footnote_b|b}} }} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page